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Journal of the Geological Society; 1972; v. 128; issue.1; p. 3-19;
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.128.1.0003
© 1972 Geological Society of London

A geochronological study of the Lewisian from Loch Laxford to Durness, Sutherland, N. W. Scotland

RICHARD ST JOHN LAMBERT & JAMES GRENVILLE HOLLAND

Potassium-argon biotite and hornblende ages from near Laxford Bridge, Sutherland, range up to 1770 m.y.: higher apparent ages of 2060 and 1840 m.y. occur in the biotite pods along the southern margin of the Laxford assemblage. A rubidium-strontium isochron from whole-rock specimens from the gneisses of the Laxford assemblage gives 1850 ± 50 m.y., initial 87Sr/86Sr = 0.7061 ± 0.0005 (TFormula = 4.85. 1010y). It is suggested that 1850 ± 50 m.y. is a minimum age for the climax of the Laxfordian metamorphic episode, and that this metamorphism had effectively terminated by 1750 m.y. the highest K-Ar age of a mineral from the type area. Younger apparent ages of minerals from and close to the type area spread down to 1575 ± 50 m.y., associated with late effects of the metamorphism, continued pegmatite-formation, and a general slow-cooling. Closure of radiogenic systems occurred later at Durness than at Laxford Bridge.

Comparison with the sparse data from nearby shield areas suggests a closer correlation of the Lewisian with comparable rocks in Greenland than with Fennoscandia.




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